{"id":269757,"date":"2019-03-21T07:03:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T13:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1025502"},"modified":"2019-03-21T07:03:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T13:03:33","slug":"why-amy-schumer-opened-up-about-her-husbands-autism-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/why-amy-schumer-opened-up-about-her-husbands-autism-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Amy Schumer Opened Up About Her Husband&#8217;s Autism Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"40.459749552773\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2018115\/rs_634x835-180215091225-amy-schumer-chris-fischer-wedding-photos-2.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Amy Schumer, Chris Fischer, Wedding\" alt=\"Amy Schumer, Chris Fischer, Wedding\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Instagram<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"23.111913357401\">\n<p>When it comes to getting diagnosed, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/amy_schumer\">Amy Schumer<\/a><\/strong> wants everyone to resist the stigma.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The expectant comedian recently opened up about her husband&nbsp;<strong>Chris Fischer<\/strong>&#8216;s autism diagnosis in her newly released&nbsp;Netflix special, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/us\/news\/1022740\/amy-schumer-is-done-being-dirty-as-soon-as-she-stops-throwing-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Schumer Growing<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em>&#8220;My husband was diagnosed with what used to be called Asperger&#8217;s. He has autism spectrum disorder. He&#8217;s on the spectrum,&#8221; Schumer told her audience during the show.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting down with&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/seth_meyers\">Seth Meyers<\/a><\/strong> on Wednesday night, the Golden Globe nominee explained why she and her man decided to share that part of their personal life with the public.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s why we both wanted to talk about it because it&#8217;s been totally positive,&#8221; she told the&nbsp;<em>Late Night<\/em> host. &#8220;I think a lot of people resist getting diagnosed and even with some of their children because of the stigma that comes along with it, but you&#8217;re not just diagnosed and then they throw you out. Hopefully, if you can get help, the tools that we&#8217;ve been given have made his life so much better and our marriage and our life more manageable and so, I just wanted to encourage people to not be afraid of that stigma.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"4\">\n<p>As she continued, &#8220;I think there are a lot of people with autism who go undiagnosed when I think their life could be better if they got those tools.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"64.030261348005\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"22.145804676754\">\n<p>However, she clarified that not all diagnoses are the same. &#8220;His life and his trajectory\u2014that&#8217;s not like everybody on the spectrum, but that&#8217;s our story. He&#8217;s an amazing guy,&#8221; Schumer complimented. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to make it sound like, &#8216;I&#8217;m so nice that I married someone with autism,'&#8221; she joked. &#8220;I fell in love with him and I wouldn&#8217;t trade him in for anybody.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The two, who surprised fans when they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/914054\/amy-schumer-marries-chris-fischer-in-surprise-wedding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unexpectedly wed a year ago<\/a> in February, recently celebrated their first anniversary and are expecting their first child together. While they know what they&#8217;re having, in Schumer&#8217;s words, &#8220;we don&#8217;t care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However the baby identifies, as long as they don&#8217;t identify as a DJ,&#8221; she told Meyers. &#8220;Because that&#8217;s disgusting.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1025502\/why-amy-schumer-opened-up-about-her-husband-s-autism-diagnosis?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram When it comes to getting diagnosed, Amy Schumer wants everyone to resist the stigma.&nbsp; The expectant comedian recently opened up about her husband&nbsp;Chris Fischer&#8216;s autism diagnosis in her newly released&nbsp;Netflix special, Amy Schumer Growing.&nbsp;&#8220;My husband was diagnosed with what used to be called Asperger&#8217;s. He has autism spectrum disorder. 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